Posted on 10/14/2017 2:32:16 PM PDT by Enchante
Read the Academy’s full statement below:
“The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors met today to discuss the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, and has voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority to immediately expel him from the Academy. We do so not simply to separate ourselves from someone who does not merit the respect of his colleagues but also to send a message that the era of willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behavior and workplace harassment in our industry is over. What’s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society. The Board continues to work to establish ethical standards of conduct that all Academy members will be expected to exemplify.”
(Excerpt) Read more at variety.com ...
Every intuitive sense tells me Harvey Weinsteins sudden and rapid fall from grace is the result of molesting or forcing noodle gazing on the wrong ... girl... and Hollywood circling the wagons to avenge and protect her father, their demigod
Harry Cohn, who founded Columbia pictures, was notorious for using the “casting couch”. This problem has existed since the industry started. I firmly believe though that Weinstein got a pass for so long because he was a Big L Liberal.
The pedos are networked in Hollywood and DC, and in the legal/political centers in the state governments as well.
It is bad enough that America has allowed the abortion of 60 million children(as well as the 40 million children that would have been born to those aborted children over the last 44 years) but it can no longer abide the child abuse and human trafficking occurring as we speak.
President Trump has already directed that efforts against pedos and traffickers be commenced, and over 1500 low level pedos have been arrested since Jan. 20th.
Since they roll up from the bottom, LEOs will be getting more and more of the bigger fish in time.
Perhaps as many as 75% of the political class in DC is involved or being blackmailed in some way.
I don’t care if they all go to jail, we can start over.
We are Americans.
As for that publication, the Left/media always comes back with moral equivalence as its first defense. See Hillary Clinton’s shameful equivalence of her husband and President Trump just over the past few days.
Push back is in motion—finally.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mel-brooks-is-always-funny-and-often-wise-in-this-1975-playboy-interview
calls out Peter Hyams, would later famously come to direct a number of major pictures (such as Outland, Timecop, and 2010) by exclaiming,
"Here comes Peter, folks, the well-known director of Busting and Fat Chance, hopping down the bunny trail. You know everybody here, I think, Peter, and everybody knows and despises you [rising and screaming] AS A FILTHY, DEGENERATE CHILD MOLESTER! No offense."
The subject is never mentioned again, and it is easy to shrug this off as a comic gag, but from the very first time I read that interview, I wondered...
Mel Brooks is never subtle, but even for his brand of humor, this is/was a horrible accusation, and I just can't believe he made it just for a yuck-yuck in a Playboy interview.
Ergo, the question must be raised, "Was Mel just trying to be funny, or was he taking a rare opportunity to fire a shot across Hollywood's bow in a way aimed at stimulating curiosity, in what he felt was a significant problem?" It the latter was the case, it didn't work. It stayed in the interview, but nobody picked up on it.
This, causes me to wonder what we would find if someone were to take a very close look at Peter Hyams and his relations with minors. But the real rot is sure to run much deeper. Indeed you can get the sense that the leftists in general and Hollywood, in particular, are desperate to throw Weinstein to the wolves in the very passionate hope that the mob will be satisfied with his corpse, and not go sniffing around Tinseltown, where the slightest amount of digging is bound to reveal a lot of unpleasant realities.
And yet, BJ Clinton is still a rock star to progressives.
Kamala did favors for Willie Brown. Often.
Malia Obama????
I have to imagine he would be sensible enough to behave around her, but then he seems to have been so devoid of elementary self-control many times that maybe he just lost it when Malia was around...... “hey babe, look at this!” Seems unlikely except that so much of this has been stunning and bizarre.
WHY is SHE dressed like that and her right hand on his legs ???
She innocent, = NO way !!!
Then she marries one of her hits.
I actually saw a quote from Weinstein that he never did anything wrong around Malia
Interesting he would say that !
Quote was never picked by msm
I really think it would explain all of Hollywood suddenly opening all the gates of hell on Harvey Weinstein
Why now? Why so suddenly? Why did his political connections all evaporate after tens of millions in donations? Why all these women just now pouring out of the woodwork after 10-20-30 years?
SHE as guilty as HE !!!
I can’t imagine how many there are just like him. If they are all serious about his behavior being wrong then they’ll start outing the rest and getting rid of them. If not, then well.. they’re just mad he got caught.
It looks like damage control mode and an attempt by Hollywood to stop the bleeding before it reaches others.
Great cartoon, even got winestine’s droopy right eye.
You beat me to it! So many are either homosexual predators, heterosexual predators, any-sexual predators...
And add in the pedophiles among them...and those who defend all of the above... and your 90% might be a conservative guess...
Not to defend this slimeball in any way, but how many woman actually fled as that cartoon would imply? All are hearing are those who gave in... and said nothing for a long time.
So when is the rest of the board resigning? They all knew about him and this is the Hypocrisy they indulge in?????
Roman Polanski yes, Woody Allen no.
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